The Bellwether

Since first stepping into the pop spotlight at age 17, Miami-born singer/songwriter David Archuleta has embodied the kind of genuine star power that can’t be manufactured. After years of dazzling audiences with his radiant personality and phenomenal voice; a journey that’s included turning out multiple platinum-selling hits, achieving global acclaim, and emerging as an undeniable fixture in pop-culture.

As witnessed on his Earthly Delights EP and headlining tour throughout 2025, the collection of works included the worldwide hit single,“Crème Brulée,” that has surpassed over 8 million streams, “Dulce Amore” & “Can I Call You,”David continues to share new sides of himself. He shares, “I’m in my indulgence mode when it comes to giving into my sensuality. Something I always villainized before. There’s something sweet about being naughty. And it’s actually helped me to get in touch with more tender vulnerable parts of myself. So Earthly Delights took in the pleasures of what I always thought would keep me out of heaven.”

His latest triumphs include…winning the 2024 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Music Artist, being honored by the HRC/Human Rights Campaign in 2025 with their prestigious VISIBILITY AWARD, being nominated for two Queerty Awards in 2025 and 2026 for his music achievements (“Hell Together” and “Crème Brulée”) and inking a book deal for his memoir, Devout that immediately landed on the New York Times Bestseller list upon release. In the searing memoir published by Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books, David takes you inside his deeply personal journey as a closeted Mormon teen turned international pop star, torn between faith, fame, and identity. Devout is a must-read for fans of pop culture, American Idol or who’s ever wrestled with who they are versus who they’re told to be.

Raised in Utah from the age of six, he first fell in love with music due to the influence of his mother (a salsa singer and dancer) and father (a jazz trumpeter). By his early teens he’d begun writing songs of his own, and in 2008 he gained massive fame as the first runner-up on the seventh season of American Idol and his double-platinum single “Crush.” He has released a steady stream of albums and built an adoring following around the world, touring in such far-flung places as Asia and the Middle East.

David is also delving into writing music for TV & Film and was commissioned to write a song for the fifth season of the popular Hulu series “Only Murders in the Building” that stars Martin Short, Steve Martin and Selena Gomez. The song, “Wish You Were Me,” is tied to the self-absorbed character Althea (Beanie Feldstein) who performs the song in the show.

As he continues to unlock new levels of freedom in his music and beyond, Archuleta has found an endless source of inspiration in his growing passion for dancing, raves, and festival culture. “EDM festivals and dancing have been a new way of feeling a sense of community and togetherness that I was worried I would lose,” he says. “Feeling a oneness through music and dancing is so magical and therapeutic—it’s freeing and also creative. It has encouraged me to be more fearless and to not be afraid to express myself in more creative ways.” With his recent live experience including making his musical-theater debut in 2022 as the lead in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Archuleta routinely brings that open-heartedness to a high-energy live show that fosters an extraordinarily close connection with the crowd as witnessed by Broadway World stating – “–His re-invention as a grown man, a sex symbol, and a musical storyteller supreme has been rewarding to watch, but the biggest reward is seeing him live his best life in live performance.”

Over the next several months David will reveal more new music including a very special brand new collection of holiday music later this year, he notes that uncovering his most authentic voice has involved finding self-assurance in unexpected places. “Growing up in the church, I was taught to stand up for my beliefs and share them with the world, which is exactly what I’m trying to do with my music,” he says. “Even though I stand for something else now, I still have that same level of conviction in what I do.”